The Case of Sweden - A theory developing mixed methods study on understanding coalition breakdown in Sweden.
(2023) STVK02 20222Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- In most western parliamentary democracies it is common for opportunistic elections, with increased power as the goal, to take place and it is therefore a popular area of research. Bridging over this subject is the research on coalition bargaining and how parties act when there is a big change in polls, which might trigger opportunistic elections. Sweden, it seems, is not like most parliamentary democracies. While allowing the incumbent government to call new elections at will, the term of office is not renewed. This has led to a disuse of election calling altogether and is subsequently influencing how Swedish politics plays out. This paper shows how Sweden differs from other countries when it comes to coalition breakdown, that the hazard... (More)
- In most western parliamentary democracies it is common for opportunistic elections, with increased power as the goal, to take place and it is therefore a popular area of research. Bridging over this subject is the research on coalition bargaining and how parties act when there is a big change in polls, which might trigger opportunistic elections. Sweden, it seems, is not like most parliamentary democracies. While allowing the incumbent government to call new elections at will, the term of office is not renewed. This has led to a disuse of election calling altogether and is subsequently influencing how Swedish politics plays out. This paper shows how Sweden differs from other countries when it comes to coalition breakdown, that the hazard rate in Sweden, against general consensus, goes down when an election is looming and that the coalition breakdown that does take place is due to positioning before a constitutionally mandated election. The perhaps most commonly referred to model for understanding the bargaining that takes place within a coalition is the game theoretic Lupia-Strøm-model, presented in 1995. This paper also includes some criticism of the current use of the model and a prompt to expel Sweden from future research in the field of opportunistic election calling. (Less)
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- author
- Särnehed, Oliver LU
- supervisor
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- Florence So LU
- organization
- course
- STVK02 20222
- year
- 2023
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Coalition breakdown, Sweden, hazard rate, opportunistic elections, coalition bargaining
- language
- English
- id
- 9105263
- date added to LUP
- 2023-02-22 13:46:49
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- 2023-02-22 13:46:49
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{The Case of Sweden - A theory developing mixed methods study on understanding coalition breakdown in Sweden.}},
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